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Function std.base64.Base64Impl.encodeLength

Calculates the length needed to store the encoded string corresponding to an input of the given length.

size_t encodeLength (
  in size_t sourceLength
) pure nothrow @safe;

Parameters

NameDescription
sourceLength Length of the source array.

Returns

The length of a Base64 encoding of an array of the given length.

Example

ubyte[] data = [0x1a, 0x2b, 0x3c, 0x4d, 0x5d, 0x6e];

// Allocate a buffer large enough to hold the encoded string.
auto buf = new char[Base64.encodeLength(data.length)];

Base64.encode(data, buf);
writeln(buf); // "Gis8TV1u"

Authors

Masahiro Nakagawa, Daniel Murphy (Single value Encoder and Decoder)

License

Boost License 1.0.